Political dysphemisms

[Jonathan Lighter]

I thought dysphemisms and euphemisms were different.

JL
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Julia Achenbach <
julia.achenbach at uni-oldenburg.de> wrote:

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> Cronies, stupidity tax, regime, idiot box.
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> - Julia
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> > And maybe the most successful of them all, "partial birth abortion."
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> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Herb Stahlke<hfwstahlke at gmail.com>
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> >> Bush's "Clear Skies Initiative" and "Healthy Forests Initiative."
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> >> Herb
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> >> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Baker, John<JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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> >>>        "Star wars," for President Reagan's Strategic Defense
> >>> Initiative, comes to mind.  This one was particularly successful,
> >>> receiving widespread use in mainstream media.
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> >>> John Baker
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> >>> Subject: Political dysphemisms
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> >>> I'm writing about politically motivated dysphemisms this week: terms
> >>> like death panel, death tax, and terrorist fist jab. I'm sure I'm
> >>> missing a lot. Any suggestions?
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> >>> Mark
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